Tree surgery.



C. R. MYERS.

,APPLICAToN FILED Nov. 15, 1912.

'EE SURGERY.

Patented Bet. 21, 1913.

PHvENToR CHA RLES R MYERS.

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drawings, but this would not be so noticeable if the tree had a thinv smooth bark as `in many eases.

What I claim is:

1. The method of surfacing' a cement filling in a'tree which consists 1n first coatingl the Said filling With a dry substance like .lampblack and then applying an adhesive plastic `coating over the said dry substance of a,.,kind adapted to be pushed 0H by the ""cambm. growth of the tree and shading the surface of said coating to make the same Lof/aaaiv conform to the outline and appearance ot' the natural bark of the tree.

2. The method herein described of treating a diseased portion of a tree consist-lng, first, in removing' all the decayed wood in and about the portion under treatment; then suitably sterilizing the Wall of the cavity produced by such cleansing and filling the same with a. cement mixture, and at last covering the exposed surface ot' the .said iillinglr with a trangil'ile material finished to resemble the natural bark of the tree in color and 'contour and adapted to be pushed oll by the cambim'n growth of the tree.

ln testimony whereof I ailiX my signature in presence of two witnesses..

CHARLES R. MYERS. lVitnesses E. M. FISI-Inn,

F. C. MUssUN. 

